Flood Advisory
NWS Denver CO ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 845 PM MDT This Evening
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Central Elbert County in east central Colorado...
When
Until 845 PM MDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 648 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Middle Bijou Creek, Reed Springs Creek, West Bijou Creek, Wilson Creek, Water Gulch and East Bijou Creek. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Mainly rural areas of Central Elbert County.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Elbert County, CO
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Denver CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~48s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2PDCTA5H8Q07XY6V2EQVXR6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b573609723db2a84deb228296657bc7fb068e3ba.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Denver CO
- AWIPS ID
- CAPBOU
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1245
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSBOU |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS85 KBOU 170048 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KBOU.FA.Y.0155.260917T0048Z-260917T0245Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T20:45:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Elbert County, CO
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008039 |
| UGC | COC039 |
- Polygons
- 39.34,-104.26 39.36,-104.22 39.37,-104.22 39.38,-104.17 39.4,-104.15 39.4,-104.12 39.41,-104.12 39.41,-104.03 39.4,-104.02 39.33,-104.03 39.3,-104.06 39.3,-104.08 39.29,-104.08 39.28,-104.15 39.27,-104.16 39.27,-104.21 39.26,-104.22 39.26,-104.28 39.27,-104.29 39.3,-104.29 39.34,-104.26